Research

Year Motivation Research Area & Link Major Contribution / Achievements
2011 To provide broadband connectivity to rural masses of developing world. Cognitive Radios and TV whitespace @ CARE, IITD.  
  1. Whitepaper on “Broadband connectivity to Rural masses using TV bands in India”
  2. Project Funded by AICET (Bharti Airtel)
To ensure universal hearing screening of newborns in resource constrained setting like vaccination camp. ABR Based hearing screening device @ Stanford Indian Biodesign -
  1. Third Prototype approved  by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for clinical study on humans.
  2. Provisional Patent filed in Nov, 2011
  3. Prime attraction at India MedTech summit, 2011 organized  by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India in collaboration with NIH.
  4. Supported by the DBT and Siemens Information Systems Ltd.
2009-10 To determine location of individuals / cars in non-GPS environment. MEMS Inertial Navigation System.
  1. Best B.Tech Project Award in EE, IITD for B.Tech thesis project on “Personal Navigation System using Inertial Navigation Sensors and GPS“
  2. Work formed an integral part of a product soon to be launched by CSR Plc. Press  Release (Nov, 2011)
To develop effective models to manage  knowledge generated in academia during research and teaching. KM Work at IITD
  1. Presented work in KMICe 2010 and published in American Journal of Economics and Business Administration (AJEBA) 2011
  2. Media Coverage – Link  
2008-09 To develop Real Time Video surveillance (in the wake of tragic 26/11 Mumbai attack Mini Project on “Multiprocessor architecture for image Processing“
  1. Found my interest in hardware software co-design for implementing real time systems with heavy signal processing requirements  

Other Ideas

1. Zumbl – Strangely Anonymous (to be launched on 14th Feb’2012)

Online portal which enables people to chat with strangers leveraging all the benefits of a network while ensuring anonymity of users that is not only fun, but also meaningful.

  • Utilizes unique “ice-breaker” mechanism for starting chats with strangers
  • Novel methods to build personalities of anonymous users which matches their real world personalities.
  • Provide a platform to meet people from diverse background
  • And much more!!! …

2. FriendNet - Connect to our network for help

FriendNet is a mobile-based geo-location powered service to connect people who are in need to their friends and family nearby and even to volunteers willing to extend a helping hand. (Read More)

We won the 2nd prize in the Code-a-thon challenge of Health 2.0 India (Jan – 2012) for developing and demonstrating v0.1 of this idea.